American to charge for FIRST checked bag.

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

You'll likely pay at the kiosk, so it really doesn't change how long you have to wait for them to get your bags.

Yes, but that doesn't eliminate the delay Moonliner talked about - foreign or ignorant tourists taking time and resources (i.e. poorly manned check-in station) to figure out whats going on and what they want to do - like transfer the contents of their luggage into shopping bags so they can carry it on.